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9/26/18: Freedom of Expression in an Age of Surveillance

This panel is the first in a series of events examining the role that the First Amendment should play in assessing the lawfulness of government surveillance. Historically, the First Amendment served as a crucial check on overreaching government surveillance. But today, courts have examined surveillance almost exclusively in Fourth Amendment terms. Is it time to revive the First Amendment as a limit on surveillance? How could that be done?

The panel answering those questions will include Jennifer Granick, Surveillance and Cybersecurity Counsel at the ACLU; Neil Richards, the Thomas and Karole Green Professor of Law at Washington University School of Law; and Jack Balkin, the Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School. This event is a collaboration between Yale Law School’s Information Society Project and Columbia University’s Knight First Amendment Institute, and is co-sponsored by the American Constitution Society at Yale Law School, the National Security Group at Yale Law School, and the Yale Law and Tech Society.

FeaturingJack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law SchoolJennifer Granick, Surveillance and Cybersecurity Counsel, ACLUNeil Richards, Thomas and Karole Green Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law

Sponsored by the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, the American Constitution Society at Yale Law School, the National Security Group at Yale Law School, and the Yale Law and Tech Society.